Bean's LED T5 Build

[BeanMachine]

Hey guys and gals I have a thread going elsewhere with my build but I thought I would share here as well.

I have to thank my buddies Nick, Shawn, Kyle, Steve, Tom, Damian, Kenny, & Marco for all the advice thus far I can't take the credit.

Oh and Dave for coming to our SCRK meeting and inspired me to try something new.

Anyways here we go. I am still a couple weeks out from putting this together but I did place my first order today. I plan to remove 2 lamps from an Aquatic Life 6 lamp T5 fixture... resulting in 4x 54w T5 lamps and 60 x 3w leds in the center. I'll control this with my APEX.

Here is a diagram showing the layout I am going with, however the outer two reds will actually be Cool Blues so note that.



I'm going to replace 2 reds with 2 Cool Blues (the 2 on the edge of the diagram) per your guys' advice.

Parts List.

LEDS
Philips Luxeon ES
Royal Blue x 30
True Cool Blue x 10
Neutral White x 6
Cyan x 4
Deep Red x 2

True Violet x 8

Drivers

4 x Meanwell ELN 60-48D. 2 for RB (30), 1 for Blue (10), and 1 for White (6) & Cyan (4) ***Is this OK, running the White (3.0v @ 1000mah) & Cyan (2.9v @ 1000mah) ... can I run these together?

1 x MeanWell LPC-60-1050 for Violet (8) & Red (2)

****Is this OK? Violets run at 3.5v @ 700mah & Reds run at 2.0v @ 700mah so I can run these together correct?

Optics- Not sure how many I need so thought I'd get a few extra.

60 degree x 55
30 degree x 10
90 degree x 10

Heatsink

Getting something made if not I'll just use C channel.

Thermal Adhesive - from Steve's

Parts, Wire, Misc

Shawn

 

[BeanMachine]

Here is my first order that I placed today. The fixture itself cost me $100.

I placed my first order.

Items
Qty Description Price Each Total
8 3 Watt True Violet LED $3.40 $27.20
6 Philips Luxeon ES Neutral WHITE 3 Watt LEDs 5,000K $2.99 $17.94
2 Philips Luxeon ES Deep Red 3 Watt LEDs $3.40 $6.80
10 Philips Luxeon ES True Cool BLUE 3 Watt LEDs $3.40 $34.00
10 Optics for 3W LEDs - :90° Beam Angle $0.45 $4.50
55 Optics for 3W LEDs - :60° Beam Angle $0.45 $24.75
30 Philips Luxeon ES ROYAL BLUE 3 Watt LEDs $2.99 $89.70
4 Philips Luxeon ES Cyan 3 Watt LEDs $3.40 $13.60
2 Thermal Adhesive - 1-Part Glue - TSE3941M $4.99 $9.98
10 Optics for 3W LEDs - 30° Beam Angle $0.45 $4.50

Subtotal: $232.97
Tax : $0.00
Shipping (USA Only Priority 2-3 Day): $8.00
Total: $240.97

 

[REEForBANG]

Hey guys and gals I have a thread going elsewhere with my build but I thought I would share here as well.

I have to thank my buddies Nick, Shawn, Kyle, Steve, Tom, Damian, Kenny, & Marco for all the advice thus far I can't take the credit.

Oh and Dave for coming to our SCRK meeting and inspired me to try something new.

Anyways here we go. I am still a couple weeks out from putting this together but I did place my first order today. I plan to remove 2 lamps from an Aquatic Life 6 lamp T5 fixture... resulting in 4x 54w T5 lamps and 60 x 3w leds in the center. I'll control this with my APEX.

Here is a diagram showing the layout I am going with, however the outer two reds will actually be Cool Blues so note that.



I'm going to replace 2 reds with 2 Cool Blues (the 2 on the edge of the diagram) per your guys' advice.

Parts List.

LEDS
Philips Luxeon ES
Royal Blue x 30
True Cool Blue x 10
Neutral White x 6
Cyan x 4
Deep Red x 2

True Violet x 8

Drivers

4 x Meanwell ELN 60-48D. 2 for RB (30), 1 for Blue (10), and 1 for White (6) & Cyan (4) ***Is this OK, running the White (3.0v @ 1000mah) & Cyan (2.9v @ 1000mah) ... can I run these together?

1 x MeanWell LPC-60-1050 for Violet (8) & Red (2)

****Is this OK? Violets run at 3.5v @ 700mah & Reds run at 2.0v @ 700mah so I can run these together correct?

Optics- Not sure how many I need so thought I'd get a few extra.

60 degree x 55
30 degree x 10
90 degree x 10

Heatsink

Getting something made if not I'll just use C channel.

Thermal Adhesive - from Steve's

Parts, Wire, Misc

Shawn

It's going to look sweet.

 

[NVTE]

Cody, are you going to replace your maxspect LEDS system for this on big tank?

 

[BeanMachine]

Hey Daniel yeah that's the plan.

 

[BeanMachine]

Here is my first order that I placed today. The fixture itself cost me $100.

I placed my first order.

Items
Qty Description Price Each Total
8 3 Watt True Violet LED $3.40 $27.20
6 Philips Luxeon ES Neutral WHITE 3 Watt LEDs 5,000K $2.99 $17.94
2 Philips Luxeon ES Deep Red 3 Watt LEDs $3.40 $6.80
10 Philips Luxeon ES True Cool BLUE 3 Watt LEDs $3.40 $34.00
10 Optics for 3W LEDs - :90° Beam Angle $0.45 $4.50
55 Optics for 3W LEDs - :60° Beam Angle $0.45 $24.75
30 Philips Luxeon ES ROYAL BLUE 3 Watt LEDs $2.99 $89.70
4 Philips Luxeon ES Cyan 3 Watt LEDs $3.40 $13.60
2 Thermal Adhesive - 1-Part Glue - TSE3941M $4.99 $9.98
10 Optics for 3W LEDs - 30° Beam Angle $0.45 $4.50

Subtotal: $232.97
Tax : $0.00
Shipping (USA Only Priority 2-3 Day): $8.00
Total: $240.97

I got my order today and ordered Friday, very nice order I am pleased I went with Steve's LEDs.

I also got 2 heat sinks and 2 dimmable drivers off Ebay today for $35 shipped.

My buddy Mike is gonna send me 1 dimmable driver.

So thus far I'm in this $375. I still need 2 more dimmable driver's if anyone has any? ELN 60-48D please.

 

[ChouDawg]

Looks like you went with a full spectrum LED configuration, what T5 are you planning to run? Mine is NW/RB/HV LED and going to supplement the missing spectrum w/ T5s

 

[BeanMachine]

Looks like you went with a full spectrum LED configuration, what T5 are you planning to run? Mine is NW/RB/HV LED and going to supplement the missing spectrum w/ T5s

I'm gonna go with 3 x Blue and 1 x Coral Plus, and get a Purple Plus to play around with the color a bit to see what I like best.

A pal recommended the first configuration for more towards a 20k look. Replacing a blue for either a coral plus or purple plus for more towards a 14k look if I remember him right.